Justin Giovannelli, J.D., is an associate research professor and project director at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms, Health Policy Institute, McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. He studies private health insurance and the effects of the Affordable Care Act on insurance companies and consumers. Giovannelli has written about federal and state implementation of the ACA’s market reforms and health insurance exchanges, including issues related to health plan provider networks and exchange sustainability. Before joining the Georgetown faculty in 2013, he worked at the National Partnership for Women & Families, where he researched ACA implementation and Medicare benefit design policy. Prior to his time at the Partnership, he practiced law for seven years in New York City, as a litigation attorney with Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP and as a law clerk to a federal district court judge. Giovannelli holds a law degree from the New York University School of Law and a master of public policy degree from Georgetown University.

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